MLB roundup: Mets post 8-run inning, whip Nats in Max Scherzer's return

Mark Canha had two run-producing hits in the Mets' eight-run fifth inning as New York won 8-2 to forge a split of Sunday's results against the host Washington Nationals.

Mets starter Max Scherzer (3-2), who hadn't pitched since May 3 because of neck spasms, held the Nationals to one run in five innings. He allowed two hits, walked two and struck out six.

In the fifth, Canha's double and Brandon Nimmo's single accounted for the first two runs. The other six runs came after Washington got the second out. Canha's second hit of the inning, a single, produced the eighth run. He finished 3-for-4 as the Mets won for just the fifth time in their last 15 games.

The Nationals scored in the second inning on CJ Abrams' double and added a run in the eighth on Abrams' single.

Nationals 3, Mets 2 (Game 1)

CJ Abrams hit a solo home run to break a seventh-inning tie and lift Washington to a victory against visiting New York in the resumption of a suspended game from Saturday.

It was the third homer of the season for Abrams, who put Washington ahead earlier with a run-scoring single in the fourth inning. Jeff McNeil's sacrifice fly in the top of the seventh had tied the score at 2.

Hunter Harvey (2-0) was the winning pitcher. Kyle Finnegan posted his eighth save despite giving up two singles in the ninth. Dominic Leone (0-1) took the loss while Michael Perez went 4-for-4 for New York.

Guardians 4, Angels 3

Josh Naylor crushed a three-run tiebreaking homer in the bottom of the eighth inning to lead host Cleveland to victory and a series win against Los Angeles.

Naylor homered in all three games of the series, giving him six for the season for the Guardians, who rank last in the major leagues in homers with just 23.

For seven innings, the game was a